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Women win $13M in lawsuit against porn site in California
SAN DIEGO — The owners and operators of a San Diego-based porn website must pay $12.7 million after a judge found them liable for fraud and breach of contract for lying to women about how their explicit videos would be distributed, according to a court ruling Thursday. The site, GirlsDoPorn,...
Son of television producer dies in ski accident in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — The son of television producer Jenji Kohan, who created the series “Örange Is the New Black,” died in a New Year’s Eve ski accident in Utah, police said Thursday. Charles “Charlie” Noxon, 20, was pronounced dead after hitting a sign Tuesday on an intermediate-level trail at...
National Science Fiction Day celebrates Asimov, speculative literature
With “The Rise of Skywalker,” the latest “Star Wars” sequel, currently blasting the competition at the box office, science fiction films are enjoying as high a profile as ever since the original movie in the franchise debuted in 1977. Today, fans of the genre are encouraged to take a deeper...
Golden Globes will serve plant-based meal at awards ceremonyVideo
LOS ANGELES — The Golden Globes, known as the “party of the year,” is going with a meatless menu for its 77th annual awards show. Guests will be served a 100% plant-based meal just ahead of showtime Sunday. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Thursday that it wants the initiative...
Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers
NEW YORK — Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director’s chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than any year before. Women directed 12 of 2019’s top 100-grossing films in 2019, according to...
Charlize Theron, Daniel Craig among Golden Globe presenters
Charlize Theron, Octavia Spencer and Daniel Craig are among the first presenters announced for Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association also announced Thursday that other presenters will include Sofia Vergara, Kerry Washington, Tiffany Haddish, Glenn Close and Will Ferrell. Kate McKinnon and Ted Danson will also present....
Bret Michaels says tour with Poison, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard will be ‘high energy party’
Poison frontman Bret Michaels said the upcoming tour with Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard and Joan Jett will be a high energy party. “I’ve been working on that for years, hoping we could put it together with everybody and it just worked,” Michaels told People magazine on Tuesday. “It will be...
Entertainment planner: Jan. 2-15
Friday Jan. 3 Colossus Improv Show, starring Nick Jaramillo and Jethro Nolen, Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown Pittsburgh. 412-339-0608 or arcadecomedytheater.com Punchline, Rex Theater, Pittsburgh South Side. 412-381-6811 or rextheater.net Rock Star Karaoke, The Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 412-828-6322 or theoakstheater.com Saturday Jan. 4 Brown Bag Concert, free performance by Pittsburgh Opera...
Phil Vassar brings ‘Stripped Down’ songs to the LampVideo
Phil Vassar has always considered himself a songwriter first — even though he has a 20-year solo career numbering 10 albums (including compilations and other albums) and countless tours. But this winter, Vassar the artist is doing more to showcase Vassar the songwriter than perhaps at any point since his...
The 10 best overlooked albums of 2019
If any more evidence is needed that much of the best music today can be found in the margins beyond Top 40 pop, look no further than this list of stellar albums from 2019 that went largely unnoticed by the vast majority of music fans and media. Hopefully some of...
Pack your brown bag lunch for free Pittsburgh Opera performance
The enjoyment of music hardly requires a formal setting, although traditional concerts can feel that way. But one of Pittsburgh Opera’s best traditions breaks that mold. It’s called the Brown Bag concert series, because audience members are invited to bring their own lunches to the free midday events. And the...
Brooklyn Rider string quartet to play new works by women composers
Music and healing will be the unifying theme when Brooklyn Rider makes its much-anticipated return to Pittsburgh on the first Monday in January. The Brooklyn Rider string quartet will perform “Healing Modes” as part of the Chamber Music Pittsburgh concert series on Jan. 6 in Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall. Brooklyn...
Latrobe rec program’s Comedy Night to include catered meal
An evening of stand-up routines and catered edibles is planned for the 16th Annual Comedy Night presented by Latrobe-Greater Latrobe School District Parks & Recreation. Set for Jan. 25, the event will feature a lineup of Pittsburgh-area comedians, to be announced. Doors will open at 6 p.m. at Huber Hall,...
New year, who dis? Songs to get you ready for 2020Video
2019 has run out of days on the calendar. The new year is almost here, so let’s get down to business. What songs are you going to listen to leading into and to start 2020? For that, here are some options: Death Cab for Cutie - “The New Year” Mariah...
Justin Bieber to launch docu-series on YouTube in JanuaryVideo
Justin Bieber is launching a docu-series about creating his new album on YouTube, the platform where the singer originally got his start in music over a decade ago. YouTube announced Tuesday that “Justin Bieber: Seasons” will debut Jan. 27. The 10-episode series will follow the pop star while he records...
WQED seeks storytellers for annual PBS KIDS Writers ContestVideo
Young authors are invited to take up their pens, or fire up their devices, and spin yarns for WQED’s annual PBS KIDS Writers Contest. WQED has partnered with the EQT Foundation for 11 years to present the contest to children throughout the region, encouraging them to submit original stories and...
In 2019, the box office belonged to Disney
NEW YORK — Every movie year offers up a parade of hits and flops. But in 2019, no winner was in the same galaxy as the Walt Disney Co. And the biggest loser might have been anyone less thrilled about the box-office domination of franchise films. When the year closes...
Get messy at the Carnegie Science Center
This is one time it’s OK to be messy. In fact, it’s encouraged. MessFest at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Side is Wednesday. The annual New Year’s Day tradition is in its 14th year and invites children of all ages to come and enjoy the first day of...
Only hours left to binge ‘Friends’ on Netflix
So 2019 is winding down. For most people that means a new year, a new start, a hopeful outlook. But for “Friends” fans with Netflix, it’s doomsday. Luckily for those of us on the East Coast, we will have until 3 a.m. to feast on the exploits of Rachel, Monica,...
Lifetime returns to R. Kelly with a new powerful seriesVideo
Few TV documentary series can boast having a more powerful real world impact than “Surviving R. Kelly.” Though allegations of sexual abuse against minors followed R&B superstar R. Kelly for years, it was a six-part series aired by Lifetime last January featuring testimonials by alleged survivors that sparked new attention...
New Year’s Eve TV: ABC, CNN, Fox, NBC countdown
It’s that time of year again when the networks compete to put on the best New Year’s Eve countdown. And part of the fun is that these New Year’s Eve specials tend to sprawl. The one that sprawls the most, in time and title, is “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’...
Sharon Stone blocked on dating app after users thought her profile was fake
Even celebrities sometimes have trouble finding a date. Award-winning actress Sharon Stone, best known for starring in “Basic Instinct” in 1992, got bumped from dating app Bumble after users thought her account was fake. But turns out it was actually her. Stone shared on her official Twitter page Monday that...
Barack Obama names Dan Rooney book as a favorite of 2019
Barack Obama included a Pittsburgh gem in his list of top books from of the year. The former president and avid reader shared via Twitter 19 titles that impressed him. One of his sports favorites was Jim Rooney’s “A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney’s Story from the Super Bowl...
Pop culture in 2010s marked gains in diversity, inclusionVideo
When the family-friendly Hallmark Channel recently pulled, under pressure from a conservative group, a set of ads featuring a kiss between two happy brides at the altar, backlash was swift — to say the least. Within hours, stars like Ellen DeGeneres and William Shatner were tweeting in protest to their...
These 3 must-see TV shows delve deep into sci-fi scenarios
It’s easy for great shows to get overlooked during this era of Peak TV, especially with the content spread over a variety of providers. Here are three that are must-sees, just in time to binge with your visiting relatives. ‘WATCHMEN’ (HBO) The nine-episode series — no word yet on a...
